Posts tagged with "filibuster"

June 21st, 201601082Dear GOP Senators who voted down not one but FOUR gun bills...
Fuck you, fuck you, FUCK YOU and the horse you rode in on. Seriously, GOP senators, how many times do our neighbors, coworkers, children and loved ones need to be senselessly murdered in cold blood at the whim of yet another heavily-armed young man with anger management...

February 12th, 20150351
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Coming from a party that loves to filibuster, this is ironic. Republicans suddenly want to gut the filibuster now that they aren't getting their way on the issue of...

Mitch McConnell helped lead the Senate Republican effort to change the filibuster rules in 2005, but to hear others say it, it was only Harry Reid who was against the nuclear option. Mitch McConnell and Harry Reid previously made a 'gentleman's agreement' to end the unprecedented amount of obstructing votes by Republicans. That lasted a...Politics

After blocking Obama nominees and unprecedented obstruction by Republicans, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) changed Senate filibuster rules by invoking the "nuclear option."
Using Senate procedures to change the rules with just 51 votes instead of the now 60 votes required, under the new rules, only a simple majority would be...Politics

After State Sen. Wendy Davis' amazing 13 hour filibuster, it left many of us wondering about bathroom preparations. In short, how can she not pee for 13 hours? Mother Jones reports that Davis used a catheter and when her office was asked to confirm as such, they responded that the senator "made all necessary preparations." In 2001, St....Politics

The nation watched on Tuesday and into the early hours of Wednesday while Democrat Sen. Wendy Davis and hundreds of protesters defeated the Republican attempt to shut down abortion clinics in Texas. The tricks and underhanded tactics after calling a special session were done while eyes from American voters were focused squarely on Texas....Politics

Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (R-KS) told Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace that the filibuster is being abused and he doubts Ronald Reagan could make it in today's GOP, and he added that he nor Richard Nixon could because "he had ideas."
Wallace asked, "What do you think of...Politics

After much ado and drama, Senate Republicans filibustered the Democratic bill on the Sequester. So now, Congress will miss the Sequestration deadline and cuts will automatically proceed. The vote was 51-49 and needed at least 60 votes to pass.
TPM reports:
Sens. Kay Hagan...Politics

Mitch McConnell is so opposed to reforming the filibuster that he filibustered his own bill, but that's not why he opposed it, still yet the amount to which Republicans are clinging to their staunch opposition to anything that brings progress is mind-boggling. McConnell made a laughing stock out of himself as well as highlight the...Politics

Mitch McConnell is so opposed to reforming the filibuster that he filibustered his own bill, but that's not why he opposed it, still yet the amount to which Republicans are clinging to their staunch opposition to anything that brings progress is mind-boggling. McConnell made a laughing stock out of himself as well as highlight the...